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Summary of the 2007 music year; five surprising albums

Ending my summary of the musical year of 2007 I've come to the albums released during the past year that I were the most surprised by, in a positive manner I might add. One post about bad music is enough.

So let's skip the chit chat and go directly to the tastier bits!

1. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
   The Klaxons came from nowhere with a totally new music genre which on paper sounds just horrible. Trance and Metal. Together. Imagine a guy in leather suit with long poodle hair standing behind a DJ set trying to look cool in sun glasses. Well rather don't 'cos it'll make you sick, but eww eww eww. But, if you instead listen to the music and try to think of something else, it works, and it works really good. It's not the best album on this list, but this is like, you know, the most surprising.
2. The Editors - An End Has a Start
   This album has just grown more and more on me the more I've listened to it. None of the songs really sticks out, but that's because the quality of all the songs are really high. I don't know how to explain the music other than it being rock with a steady tempo that seems to get more steady the more you listen and nice melodies.
   
3. Säkert! - Säkert!
   The person behind Säkert! is 30 year Annika Norlin from the north of Sweden who earlier made music under the name of Hello Saferide which I'd heard some of before, but didn't really like. Definitively lacked some edge to say the least. Annika seemed to understand this and instead formed Säkert! and started singing in Swedish. The result is an amazingly good album with clever and humorous lyrics and an up style beat. Warmly recommended.
4. The Donnas - Bitchin’
   Bitchin' is The Donnas seventh full length album which usually means that a band has found their sound at least three albums ago. Not with Donnas A through D though. The earlier attempts have either been too boring, too garagerockish, too dirtpunkish or just plainly too bad. But with this album they've finally hit right. Bitchin' has taken the best parts from the 80's arena rock, their earlier albums, and the likes of Joan Jett and the result is a really good, yet funny while still remaining serious in some aspects, party album.
5. Kent - Tillbaka Till Samtiden
   The above band does not belong to one of my favourites by any means. They've made a few nice songs but mostly it's not my cup of tea so to speak. I won't disagree with it being nicely produced music though, and it's the same thing with Tillbaka till Samtiden. The difference now however is that I like the music! The album's a little pretentious, a little more down-to-earth and you don't get a feeling that they're begging you to feel sad for them, like at least I did earlier. The lyrics tells how things were in an honest way, and then it's totally up to you to decide what to do with it. Just like it should be.